Rural

WITH the seeming containment of the Varroa mite incursion in NSW earlier this year, attention has turned to enhancing future protections and responses to the honey bee threat.

PRACTICAL solutions are often found when someone dares to think outside the box. For Pete Singleton, of Warrnambool, the sight of an on-farm fire that made its way to a pile of tyres used for a silage pit was the catalyst for ‘Tyresing Recycling Pty Ltd’ and after a lot of global research and trials he came up with a way of effectively and efficiently reusing old tyres on farm.

SOUTH-WEST dairy farmers put their thinking caps on and their general knowledge to the test at the WestVic Dairy Young Dairy Network (YDN) Trivia Night on Friday, September 2.

THE Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party (VSTWP) has identified now as the ideal time to check your property for the noxious weed serrated tussock (nassella trichotoma).

NEW laws have been introduced in Victoria to allow livestock owners to voluntarily establish extra biosecurity measures on their properties, to protect them from trespassers.

AFTER decades of competing in the Melbourne Royal Beef Cattle Competition, the Brook family has been inducted into the Beef Cattle Hall of Fame.

WOMEN in dairying recently came together for the popular annual South West Dairy Ladies’ Luncheon in Warrnambool.

THERE is so much to experience at the Big Red Bash in Birdsville.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) Making Our Farms Safer (MOFS) team has released a series of educational standard safe operating procedure videos that aim to support farmers in correctly carrying out some of the most high-risk tasks leading to incidents on Victorians farms.

NEXT week, Greg Allan Farm Machinery will be running a ‘Grand Opening’ as a chance for locals to meet the sales staff as well as representatives from a long list of agricultural brands.

THE 71st Hamilton and District Legacy Fleece Show is on in the Hamilton Exhibition and Conference Centre at the Hamilton Showgrounds from December 6-8, 2022.

IT’S just two years ago that Caitlin Martin got her first real taste of dairying, now the 19-year-old is looking at a career in the industry.